We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic News Agenda Failure?Focus On a Wedding THE COVERAGE of the British royal wedding showed how the Philippine press evaluates which events are newsworthy. Of the conventional news values, human interest and prominence usually take precedence over significance. Other stories which may have a larger impact on people’s lives are not prioritized or are left out... CommentaryTV, Willing Willie, the Public Sphere by Melinda Quintos de Jesus Published in the May-June 2011 issue of PJR Reports THE CONTROVERSY hounding the television show Willing Willie does not begin and end with the boy, Janjan, and his tearful macho dancing. If we focused only on the episode, we would miss the lesson we need to... News as Entertainment PRESIDENT AQUINO's love life, Pope John Paul II’s beatification, and the British royal wedding were among the major stories in the Philippine media last April. These landed on the front pages or were leading stories in the major broadsheets and TV news programs. Although one could speculate that... Reporting the Number by Bernadette Reyes Published in the May-June 2011 issue of PJR Reports To be the first to know is not always a good thing, especially when people don’t want to hear what you know but you have to let them know it just the same. My work as a business reporter... PJR Reports May – June 2011 || IN THIS ISSUE || Out of the Media Box Covering Oil Price Hikes by Sonny Africa News Agenda Failure? Focus On a Wedding by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo Media on Filipino “Mules” Some Breadth, But Little Depth by Martha A. Teodoro Does Self-Regulation have a Future in the... PJR Reports March – April 2011 || IN THIS ISSUE || Merci in Media What Fourth Estate? by Hector Bryant L. Macale with research from Venus Clarisse C. Tenorio and Ro Adrian Daniel E. Taningco Crisis in Japan Fomenting Panic by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa Focus on... Gossipy and trivial The media reports on the love life of President Benigno Aquino III are once again confirming the persistence of one of the worst habits of the Philippine press—its penchant for gossip and trivia. For instance, the Manila Bulletin underscored Aquino’s love life, heart breaks and active dating in a... Biased Jeers to The Manila Times for a biased Easter Sunday special issue highlighting only the Church position on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill. “Today, Easter Sunday, we purposely offer this special report on the proposed Reproductive Health bill,” the paper’s editor in chief wrote in the paper’s April 24... The Long Road to Justice By Mark Merueñas AS SOON as you enter the high-walled compound of the Quezon City Jail Annex in Taguig City where the Ampatuan multiple murder case is being heard, everyone becomes equal—well, almost. It doesn’t matter if you’re the justice secretary, the high-profile lawyer that defended a former president... Ethics, the Culture of Impunity, and Democracy by Luis V. Teodoro DELIVERED DURING THE NUJP FORUM COMMEMORATING WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, MAY 3, 2011 LET ME start by quoting CMFR’s statement which we issued in commemoration of this year’s World Press Freedom Day: “The Philippine media situation has resisted change despite the change of administration in July 2010,” which in... « Previous1…159160161162163…202Next »
